Abstract
A survey was conducted in UK regional children's hospitals with paediatric intensive care and paediatric infectious disease (PID) departments to describe the characteristics of paediatric antimicrobial stewardship (PAS) programmes. A structured questionnaire was sent to PAS coordinators. 'Audit and feedback' was implemented in 13 out of 17 centres. Microbiology-led services were more likely to implement antimicrobial restriction (75% vs 33% in PID-led services), to focus on broad-spectrum antibiotics, and to review patients with positive blood cultures. PID-led services were more likely to identify patients from e-prescribing or drug charts and review all antimicrobials. A PAS network has been established.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 736-740 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Journal of Hospital Infection |
| Volume | 105 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 23 May 2020 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Aug 2020 |
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